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Hey, can anyone of the more veteran people here remember when there last was a battle tournament of any kind at FB?

Just thinking that tournaments for new users and such would really help out us newbies gain some levels for our Pokémon as well as give experience in battle-RPGing. If that feels like age-ism, a low-level tournament could work too. Something like Little/Petit Cup in Pokémon Stadium back in the day. (Feel free to shoot me down if this is totally pathetic. *shot*)

Hey, can anyone of the more veteran people here remember when there last was a battle tournament of any kind at FB?

Just thinking that tournaments for new users and such would really help out us newbies gain some levels for our Pokémon as well as give experience in battle-RPGing. If that feels like age-ism, a low-level tournament could work too. Something like Little/Petit Cup in Pokémon Stadium back in the day. (Feel free to shoot me down if this is totally pathetic. *shot*)

I love Petit Cup in Revolution. That little park is so cuuuuuteeeee~!

Thing is, I don't think tournaments award levels? I could be wrong. It'd help for the writing/strategy experience, though, although watching the anime and reading the manga's being helping me come up with unconventional ideas. xD Mareeps with giant coats, anyone? :P

The last tournament to be held in FB was the Pokéringer tournament in 2009. Looking back over all the matches got me really excited, I'd definitely take part reffing in since Pokéringer matches are completely different to trainer battles.

I won't take part in guessing what comes out of my precious egg since walls have ears and all, but how about an Aron from a Steel egg? Those are so cute!

Originally Posted by Meetan

Thing is, I don't think tournaments award levels? I could be wrong. It'd help for the writing/strategy experience, though, although watching the anime and reading the manga's being helping me come up with unconventional ideas. xD Mareeps with giant coats, anyone? :P

This is just a suggestion of mine for level awarding in a tournament: participants get EXP according to the Trainer Battle rules, but the EXP isn't distributed to the Pokémon themselves until the end of the tournament. So if you gathered, say, 6 EXP during the tournament, after it's over the Pokémon in question can be raised by two levels. (Hopefully this makes sense?)
And of course, prizes to the top trainers and their Pokémon! Maybe a Gummi for all participants regardless of ranking as well, just so everyone's happy?

Originally Posted by Emp

The last tournament to be held in FB was the Pokéringer tournament in 2009. Looking back over all the matches got me really excited, I'd definitely take part reffing in since Pokéringer matches are completely different to trainer battles.

If allowed, I'd be ready to ref anything from tournaments to battles to...anything! And haven't there been things like Pokémon Ping-pong, obstacle courses, fishing contests, dancing (or is that just for official Contests?) and who-knows-what else? Pokéathlons?

Hey, that's an idea, isn't it? Pokéathlons, since it's an Olympics year and everything. That would be so amazing!

Anyone who could right now say they'd chip in if we made a formal letter to the Mods that we would like to organize something like this and be ready to gather the refs needed to make it happen? *raises hand* And I mean Pokéathlons, Pokéringer, any of these. Summer of Sports with Pokémon!

Summer of Sports? It's winter in my part of the world *shivers and goes to bed to snuggle under her pile of lovely warm blankets* So cooold...

-Appears in your bundle of blankets- ... Hiiii Enchantressss. ;DDDD

butnosrsly. I envy you a little bit, because even though it's not that warm in England, my house still feels constantly hot orz. :<

And, Pokeathloney things sound really cool. We could base events from all across the games and the actual olympics as well? The prize/experience system also sounds fun. Seeing as FB's getting more and more active now, it would be a fun way for all of us to join together and bond and whathaveyou. ^^

butnosrsly. I envy you a little bit, because even though it's not that warm in England, my house still feels constantly hot orz. :<

And, Pokeathloney things sound really cool. We could base events from all across the games and the actual olympics as well? The prize/experience system also sounds fun. Seeing as FB's getting more and more active now, it would be a fun way for all of us to join together and bond and whathaveyou. ^^

Yeah, there could be the official competition thread and then a time-out-chat for it. *writing a pile of paperwork*
If I come up with some sort of base-plan for a sports tournament, is there a place I could put it up so people could have a look and voice their opinions about it? Like a communal effort, we could keep a list of volunteers and everything.

I think a Pokéathlon tournament sounds like a great idea. It's a good thing Serebii has a list of Pokémon's natural base stats, so we wouldn't have to worry about organizing those except for Gen 5 Pokes (unless we just decide to bar them).

I think a Pokéathlon tournament sounds like a great idea. It's a good thing Serebii has a list of Pokémon's natural base stats, so we wouldn't have to worry about organizing those except for Gen 5 Pokes (unless we just decide to bar them).

I'd be more interested in running than designing. One which I think I could do straight off the bat is Ring Drop, which is basically a 4 Pokémon Sumo Wrestle. I think that would work slightly like a Pokémon battle / Pokéringer match and would require the least amount of technicalities.

The Block Smash wouldn't be too hard to draw up rules for either I don't think. I might blow the dust off my old HeartGold and get a feel for the games again. I don't think some would translate at all to a forum RPG, such as Lamp Jump. But ones such as the Relay Race could easily use the mechanics from the Hero of Legend games. If anyone is ambitious and capable enough of setting this up and get the go-ahead from the mods, you've definitely got my assistance!